Arcum's Sleigh
Artifact
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: Target creature gains vigilance until end of turn. Activate only during combat and only if defending player controls a snow land.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #28315
Arcum's Sleigh taps a Snow creature to give it bands with other Snow creatures — a mechanic so marginal it barely registers in modern Commander games. The two-mana equip cost on top of the tap requirement makes this a bulk rare that belongs in the binder, not the deck.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Arcum's Sleigh is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth of legality is purely academic — no competitive or casual list in any of those formats has a reason to run it. In Commander, banding is one of the most poorly understood and least impactful mechanics in the game, and the Snow subtype restriction narrows the already-thin use case further. Legacy and Vintage have access to every powerful card ever printed, which makes Arcum's Sleigh invisible in those formats. It's a historical curiosity, not a playable.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Arcum's Sleigh is deep bulk — the price reflects demand accurately. Don't expect movement in either direction; banding cards have had decades to find an audience and haven't.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.